Winners are grinners....

Well our strategy to get to the finals paid off handsomely and now it’s official: we’re in the semi’s!!

Team	season 1st half		season 2nd half
	% games won	points	% games won	points
MCC	20%	0	61%	7
Hamton U	63%	8	59%	7
Hampton	52%	6	71%	8
Glenhuntly	46%	2	63%	7
Port Melb	48%	2	77%	8
Mordialloc	57%	6	44%	1
Parkdale	43%	2	63%	8
		26		46

We came 3^rd overall in the standings, narrowly beating MCC by 1 point, and 4^th on the % of games played that we won. Our magnificent win on Saturday against Parkdale (who admittedly had 2 fill-in players) at home 40 games to 23 (Dean & Nost 10-4, 10-5; Alan & Mark 10-6,10-8), secured our place:

Mens Sets 1 (Rd 14)	Points	% won games
Mordialloc	89.0	141.45
Parkdale	81.0	148.15
Albert Park	72.0	121.25
MCC	71.0	142.58
Port Melbourne	61.0	103.11
Hampton	34.0	73.03
Glenhuntly	33.0	73.09
Hampton U/C	7.0	50.65

Semi-Final

Played this Saturday against MCC on en-tout-cas courts at Lauriston in Carnegie: www.lauristonltc.org/

Team is mostly the masterclass with the Captain as a hugely contraversial fill-in (anchor): Nick, Nosti, Alan, & Mark.

Awards

As it’s officially the end of the season, the Captain thought it his duty to hand out awards for the season. As the Club has ran out of Ken dolls to give out, these awards are by name only: 

A big end to the Season....

Best backhand:                     Deano

Best serve:                             Nosti

Most consistent:                   Nick

Best lob:                                 Yuri

Best weasel shots:               Neale

Best line drive:                      Victor

Best smash:                           Mark

Best injury:                            Dennis

Biggest spruiker:                  Neale

Best volleying:                      Alan

Best haircut:                         Brian

Most double faults:             Victor/Neale

Most disruptive:                   Yuri

Best dressed:                        Nosti

Best shoes:                            Yuti / Nosti

Most unloved:                      The Captain

Most distracted:                   Neale

Most unruffled:                    Deano

Most controversial:             The Captain

Best Afternoon Tea:             Victor

Best voice:                             Brian

Best tactics:                           Kevin

Best clubhouse:                    Hampton Uniting

Best wet court roller:          Nick

Most testosterone:              Neale

Worst sense of direction:   Dennis and Olga

Most pathetic moment:      HU climbing fence to retrieve balls
Least immature:                   Alan/Vic/Nick
Most immature:                   Mark, Yuri, Neale
Biggest pop star:                  Nick
Most negative:                     Yuri
Most photogenic:                Lara/Ken/Kevin

Best driver:                           Deano
Biggest supporter:               Yuri and Kev

Most inspiring:                     Ken 

Congratulations to one and all players ejaculating such pride in winning their awards....